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    "id": 521169,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/521169/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ng’ongo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 110,
        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. First, I was asking myself why it was necessary for the Government of Kenya to get into the business of sugar production in terms of ownership of the companies and sugar factories. I see a number of reasons, which I agree with, given in the Report. One of them is to reduce pressure on foreign exchange by minimising import or import substitution, job creation and to improve local supply of sugar. However, there is one fundamental issue that we need to address. The issue is that governments are not supposed to be in business of running commercial ventures and enterprises. In order to be serious all over in the world, governments just need to provide a conducive business environment for the private sector to invest and run their investments in more productive, economically efficient and effective ways. Trying to hold back and cling on these factories thinking that Government will wake up one day after a lot of noise and change the way it does things, and make these companies profitable is overstretching our imaginations. It is right to think towards privatisation of the sugar factories. Five of those factories are listed in this Report. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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